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Shortly after announcing a strategy to go after deceptive direct-to-consumer advertising by the pharmaceutical industry, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Department of Health and Human Services released a parody video of a drug advertisement – a pointed way of emphasizing the fact that the United States is largely unique in allowing drug ads.

‘Tired of endless drug ads promising quick fixes but leaving you sicker than you were before? That can change today. Ask your doctor about MAHA,’ the parody commercial begins, referring to Kennedy’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ initiative. 

‘MAHA may cause healthier living, fewer chronic diseases, and lower drug costs,’ the video’s narrator continues. ‘Some Americans reported more time spent with family instead of at the pharmacy. Other side effects may include healthier children, a stronger nation, more transparency in healthcare, honest advertising, and accountability from Big Pharma.’

The drug advertisement parody comes after Kennedy and HHS laid out their plans to target direct-to-consumer drug advertising – something that isn’t widely allowed outside the United States – in a new children’s health strategy released earlier this month. 

The strategy said it will ramp up enforcement of current prescription drug advertising laws, with a priority on ‘egregious violations demonstrating harm from current practices.’ The strategy noted these violations could include the dissemination of ‘risk information and quality of life through misleading and deceptive advertising on social media and digital platforms.’

The strategy to go after direct-to-consumer drug ads will also include inter-agency cooperation to explore the development of potential new industry guidelines that limit direct-to-consumer advertising for certain ‘unhealthy foods’ to children. These efforts include ‘evaluating the use of misleading claims and imagery,’ the MAHA children’s strategy stated. 

Kennedy said alongside the release of HHS’s parody advertisement that the Trump administration plans to begin holding the pharmaceutical industry accountable for not sharing full safety information in their drug ads on television, radio and beyond.

 

‘No more hiding vital information in small print, or pushing it off to a website, or a 1-800 number,’ Kennedy said in a video released in conjunction with the parody advertisement. He also noted that regulators have been letting pharmaceutical manufacturers avoid providing complete warnings in their marketing materials.

Kennedy said in the accompanying video that, in the past, regulators let companies mention a vague ‘major statement’ of risk that required consumers to go elsewhere for important details about the drug. The secretary said this ‘loophole’ opened the door to a ‘tsunami’ of misleading advertisements.

‘Drug ads drove up prescription drug costs and distorted doctor-patient conversations. Patients saw glossy ads and often asked for new medications,’ Kennedy continued. ‘Big Pharma’s marketing hooked the country on prescription drugs. We’re taking action to end that practice.’

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Senate Republicans rammed through dozens of President Donald Trump’s nominees on Thursday in their first flex of the Senate’s new rules for confirmations.

Lawmakers voted along party lines to confirm 48 of Trump’s nominees, many being for undersecretary or assistant secretary positions in a variety of agencies throughout the federal government and ambassadorships.

Senate Republicans went ‘nuclear’ last week to make the change after a last-minute deal with Democrats fell apart.

The change ushered in by the ‘nuclear option’ allows lawmakers to confirm an unlimited number of nominees in batches, also known as en bloc, with a simple majority vote in the upper chamber. However, the process is time-consuming, given that lawmakers must jump through procedural hoops and allow for 30 hours of debate.

‘Why has not a single nominee been confirmed by voice vote or by unanimous consent? We know why,’ Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., said on the Senate floor. ‘It’s Democrat obstruction.

‘The country has never seen anything like this,’ he continued. ‘Senate Democrats are freezing the Senate floor, freezing the federal government and freezing our nation’s progress. This harms America’s safety. It hamstrings the agenda that Americans voted for.’

Among this batch of nominees were Kimberly Guilfoyle, who Trump tapped to be the U.S. ambassador to Greece, and Callista Gingrich, who was picked to be the U.S. ambassador to Switzerland.

Republicans argued that the change would benefit both parties now and in the future and viewed the change as an option of last resort to break through Senate Democrats’ blockade of Trump’s picks.

Typically, subcabinet-level nominees, particularly those with bipartisan support out of committee, are sped through the Senate either by unanimous consent or through a voice vote, two fast-track procedural moves in the upper chamber. All the nominees in this first round made it out of committee on a bipartisan basis.

However, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his caucus wouldn’t allow either to be used and caused a backlog of nominees to lower level positions in the Trump administration to pile up. As of Thursday, the list had swollen to 173.

The only one of Trump’s nominees that easily moved through the chamber was Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who was confirmed in January on a near unanimous vote. 

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Anyone taking the Rams to get a small measure of revenge as they return to Philadelphia?
One other game features a pair of 2-0 teams, this one between NFC West rivals.
Which one of our experts went 13-3 in Week 2?

What was arguably the premier game of the 2024 NFL playoffs is undoubtedly the best matchup of Week 3 of the 2025 season.

The Los Angeles Rams are headed back to Philadelphia, where they came oh so close to knocking off the eventual Super Bowl champions in the postseason divisional round in January. The Eagles pretty much steamrolled everyone else.

While the stakes won’t be nearly as high Sunday afternoon at Lincoln Financial Field, one of these clubs will emerge with a 3-0 record and maintain an early heading to the NFC’s top playoff seed.

Elsewhere, the Arizona Cardinals visit the San Francisco 49ers in the only other game pitting 2-0 teams. On the flip side, the reigning AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs will try to notch their first victory of the season on ‘Sunday Night Football,’ when they’ll face the similarly winless New York Giants.

Week 3 culminates Monday in what could be a fun shootout between the Detroit Lions and Ravens in Baltimore.

Who gets the next batch of Ws? Our panel of USA TODAY Sports football experts weighs in:

(Odds provided by BetMGM)

NFL Week 3 picks, predictions odds

Buffalo Bills vs. Miami Dolphins
Cleveland Browns vs. Green Bay Packers
Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Houston Texans
Minnesota Vikings vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Carolina Panthers vs. Atlanta Falcons
New England Patriots vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Philadelphia Eagles vs. Los Angeles Rams
Washington Commanders vs. Las Vegas Raiders
Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. New York Jets
Tennessee Titans vs. Indianapolis Colts
Seattle Seahawks vs. New Orleans Saints
Los Angeles Chargers vs. Denver Broncos
Chicago Bears vs. Dallas Cowboys
San Francisco 49ers vs. Arizona Cardinals
New York Giants vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Baltimore Ravens vs. Detroit Lions

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DeMelo, who announced in May that she had been diagnosed with Graves disease and hyperthyroidism, was hospitalized Sunday after taking a seat on the pitch late in the first half during a game between Louisville and the Seattle Reign at Lumen Field.

The 27-year-old, who featured for the U.S. women’s national team at the 2023 World Cup, appeared unresponsive as trainers and first responders provided oxygen and other treatment, eventually getting her to an ambulance via stretcher. With players and staff emotional as the situation unfolded, referee Jaclyn Metz did not resume the first half, opting instead to start halftime.

The NWSL would decide to halt the match shortly thereafter, with play eventually being resumed Tuesday evening. Seattle would go on to win 1-0.

‘In that particular situation, I got the phone call that Savannah [DeMelo] had a medical emergency and needed treatment,’ Berman told reporters on Thursday following a league board meeting. ‘Everyone who was there was pretty rattled and [I] immediately directed the team [at Lumen Field] to abandon the game…

‘We’re so thankful that both of those players are okay, and that — although it presented some challenges for us in operations and from a business perspective — those situations happened at a time when medical staff were there to respond and make sure that they were safe. So that’s most important.’

Berman added that while she is the first choice to make such a decision, ‘if for some reason I wasn’t reachable, there’s others internally at the league office’ empowered to do so.

Per Racing, DeMelo was ‘stable and alert’ at a Seattle-area hospital as of Sunday night. On Monday, the club posted a statement from DeMelo, who said she’s awaiting test results and is ‘excited to cheer on the girls this week.’

NWSL: DeMelo medical emergency second of 2025 season

The incident was the second significant medical emergency experienced by an NWSL player during a game this season. During a May match between Angel City FC and the Utah Royals, defender Savy King received chest compressions and was treated with a defibrillator on the field before eventually stabilizing at a Los Angeles hospital.

That game eventually continued, with Utah coach Jimmy Coenraets and USWNT star Trinity Rodman among those criticizing the decision. In the aftermath, the league would admit that play should have been suspended, and issued revised protocols on the handling of such incidents.

‘As it relates to this summer, no one wants to have experience practicing these policies,’ said Berman. ‘Having had the opportunity to play it out earlier this year, assess and learn the things that we could do better, and then actually have the chance to do it better the second time around, it was a moment that allowed us to show what we’re capable of.’

Berman added that the revisions to league protocols included a streamlined ‘decision-making tree’ and better lines of communication.

‘The obvious decision to not continue the game was a no-brainer, and did not require contemplation,’ explained the commissioner. ‘We at least now know exactly how to manage those situations… hopefully we’ll never have to [manage] them again.’

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The fight between Jake Paul and Gervonta Davis, set for Nov. 14 in Miami, will be an exhibition, according to Timothy Shipman, executive director of the Florida Athletic Commission.

“You can’t do a fight like that as a pro fight,’’ Shipman told USA TODAY Sports. “It’ll be an exhibition fight.’’

The key issue is the weight discrepancy between the two fighters, with Davis having weighed in at 133 ¾ pounds for his last fight and Paul having weighed in at 199 ½ pounds for his last fight – a 66-pound weight difference.

The fight originally was scheduled to be held at State Farm Arena in Atlanta but was moved in the face of strong opposition from one of Georgia’s top boxing officials.

The Florida Athletic Commission regulates boxing in Florida, and Shipman said he’s still reviewing the weight of the glove that will be used and the number of rounds that will be in effect. He indicated they will make adjustments because it will be an exhibition fight.

“I’m looking at the details right now,’’ Shipman said. “I mean, it’s happening pretty fast. But I am sure there will be other stipulations because you can’t do it with the same requirements’’ of the weight classes as a pro fighter. Generally speaking, Davis has fought as a lightweight and Paul has fought as a cruiserweight.

Jake Paul vs. Gervonta Davis fight status: What we know

Most Valuable Promotions (MVP), co-founded by Paul and business partner Nakisa Bidarian, is promoting the fight to be carried by Netflix. On Aug. 20, the day MVP announced the fight, Bidarian indicated to ESPN he wanted the fight to be sanctioned as a pro bout.

‘We’re still figuring that out,’’ Bidarian said. “Jake will definitely have to come down below his 200-pound weight that he’s been fighting at. I can tell you that we’re going to have a fight that will have a definitive outcome, whether by way of knockout or decision.’

According to Florida statutes, an exhibition ‘means a boxing, kickboxing, or mixed martial arts engagement in which persons participating show or display their skill without necessarily striving to win using strikes and blows to the head or other full-contact maneuvers.”

Shipman said he is unsure when MVP realized the bout between Paul and Davis would not be a pro fight if held in Florida.

“I don’t know when they understood it, but it’ll be an exhibition fight,’’ Shipman said.

MVP did not immediately respond requests for comment that USA TODAY Sports left by email, phone and text message.

MVP offered concessions in Georgia

In Georgia, MVP was prepared for the fight to be an exhibition in seeking to have restrictions over the weight discrepancy lifted, according to a petition for rule variance or waiver prepared by MVP. Georgia rules allow no more than a nine-pound weight difference between boxers, with the exception of the heavyweight division, which has no such restrictions.

In addressing how it would afford “adequate protection for the public health, safety, and welfare,’’ if the restrictions on weight difference were not in effect, MVP stated the fighters would use 12-ounce gloves and undergo anti-doping testing, according to the rule waiver.

Based on weight class, Davis normally would be entitled to wear 10-ounce gloves and Paul would be entitled to wear 10-ounce gloves, according to the rule waiver.

“The larger gloves for Paul and Davis will provide added protection to the fighters and help reduce the risk of injury during the exhibition bout,’’ the rule waiver states. Of drug testing under the auspices of the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), the rule waiver states it, “adds an additional layer of protection and fairness with respect to the bout to ensure no fighter is seeking to take any unfair advantages.’’

The Georgia Athletic Entertainment (GAEC), which regulates boxing in Georgia, was expected to rule on request Thursday, Sept. 18. But MVP withdrew it along with other request in the face of opposition from the GAEC chairman and opted to hold the fight in Florida.

The appeal of a pro fight

There are clear advantages to a pro fight.

A contest between boxers fighting all out is easier to market. Also, the ability to wager on a sporting event is widely believed to increase viewership and interest. But online betting companies like DraftKings are reluctant to post odds and take wagers on an exhibition fight, said Johnny Avello, the top oddsmaker at DraftKings.

MVP faced a similar situation about whether the bout between Paul and Mike Tyson Nov. 15 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas would be an exhibition or pro fight. MVP pushed for a pro fight and Texas officials granted the request despite concerns of the age difference between the fighters.

When they fought, Paul was 27 and Tyson was 58.

Despite the age difference, both boxers were heavyweights, with Paul weighing in at 227 ½ pounds and Tyson weighing in at 228 ½ pounds.

In Paul’s fight with Davis, the weight differential is the problem, according to Andy Foster, executive director of the California State Athletic Commission.

“It can’t be real,’’ Foster told USA TODAY Sports of the fight, but he said an exhibition fight would be OK.

Differences between exhibition and pro fight

Unlike a sanctioned pro fight, an exhibition is not scored by official judges and does not count against a boxer’s record. In some states, such as Texas, an exhibition requires the boxers to use heavier gloves and limits the bout to fewer rounds than allowed in a sanctioned pro fight.

In 2020, when Mike Tyson fought Roy Jones Jr. in an exhibition in Los Angeles, the fight was scored by celebrity judges. Also, the fighters used 12-ounce gloves, thought to be safer than the 10-ounce gloves typically used in a pro fight between heavyweights.

History of boxing exhibitions

An exhibition between Paul and Davis might seem conventional compared to ones from the past.

In 1976, for example, Muhammad Ali squared off against Antonio Inoki, a Japanese professional wrestler. Three years later, Ali fight Lyle Alzado, then an NFL defensive end.

Shaquille O’Neal fought boxing stars Oscar De La Hoya in 2009 and Shane Mosley in 2010.

And in 2021, Logan Paul, older brother of Jake Paul, fought Floyd Mayweather Jr. in an exhibition – at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, no less.

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Get ready for an epic showdown as two boxing legends, Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather Jr., gear up to step into the ring for an exhibition match in Spring 2026.

Floyd Mayweather last fought professionally in 2017 at the age of 40, defeating MMA star Conor McGregor by technical knockout. Since then, he has participated in several exhibition fights. His most recent exhibition match was against John Gotti III in August 2024, which became tense and went the distance for eight rounds. Mayweather maintains an undefeated professional boxing record of 50 wins and is widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers in history. Throughout his career, he has won titles in five different weight divisions and has defeated notable opponents, including Manny Pacquiao, Oscar De La Hoya, and Canelo Alvarez.

The former heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson, retired in 2005 with a record of 50 wins and seven losses, including 44 knockouts. Since then, Tyson has participated in exhibition matches. Most recently, he faced former YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in November 2024 at AT&T Stadium. Tyson ultimately lost the fight by unanimous decision to Paul.

The Tyson-Mayweather boxing event will be put on by CSI Sports/Fight Sports, but the details of the event have not been released.

When is the Floyd Mayweather vs. Mike Tyson fight?

The Tyson-Mayweather boxing event will be put on by CSI Sports/Fight Sports and will take place in Spring 2026. The details of the event have not been determined.

Floyd Mayweather vs. Mike Tyson location

The fight between Mayweather and Tyson will take place at a ‘location to be determined,’ according to CSI Sports.

How old is Floyd Mayweather?

Floyd Mayweather is 48 years old. He will turn 49 years old on Feb. 24, 2026.

How old is Mike Tyson?

Mike Tyson is 59 years old. He will be 60 years old on June 30, 2026.

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Several top-ranked college football teams face off in key conference matchups this weekend.
No. 12 Oklahoma will begin its SEC schedule against No. 25 Auburn.
The Big Ten features a ranked contest between No. 9 Illinois and No. 17 Indiana.

Most of the highest ranked teams in the US LBM Coaches Poll either have this weekend off or will be tuning up against overmatched opponents. But, as college football fans well know, there is no such thing as an uneventful week in this sport. There are plenty of intriguing contests to keep our panel of pickers interested.

As usual, there’s plenty of activity around SEC country as No. 12 Oklahoma kicks off its league slate against No. 25 Auburn and No. 24 South Carolina looks for a bounce-back performance at No. 22 Missouri. There are important contests in the Big Ten as well, with No. 9 Illinois heading to No. 17 Indiana and No. 20 Michigan hitting the road to take on Nebraska. There’s one more ranked pairing, and it’s in the Big 12 where No. 18 Utah hosts No. 16 Texas Tech.

In other games of note, No. 11 Mississippi has a potentially tricky non-conference date with unbeaten Tulane and No. 6 Miami (Fla.) hosts a desperate Florida. Our experts weigh in on where the upsets might happen.

College football picks for Week 4 schedule

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The Indiana Fever will face off against the Atlanta Dream in a Game 3 showdown in first round of the WNBA playoffs at Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia.

Following an 80-68 loss in Game 1, the Fever bounced back with a resounding 77-60 victory in Game 2, their first playoff game at home since 2016. Kelsey Mitchell scored 19 points, and Aliyah Boston had 15 points and five rebounds as the Fever extended the series to a winner-take-all third game.

Te-Hina Paopao, coming off the bench, led the Dream in scoring with 11 points, while Rhyne Howard added 10 points. Allisha Gray, who struggled with foul trouble and faced tensions with fans in the front row, contributed nine points and seven rebounds in the defeat.

What time is Indiana Fever at Atlanta Dream?

The Atlanta Dream host the Indiana Fever in the decisive Game 3 on Thursday, Sept. 18 at 7:30 p.m. ET at Gateway Center in College Park, Georgia. The game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN2.

How to watch Indiana Fever at Atlanta Dream: TV, stream

Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Location: Gateway Center Arena (College Park, Georgia)
TV channel: ESPN2
Streaming: ESPN+, Disney+, Fubo (free trial to new subscribers)

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A top conservative watchdog is suing the federal health care bureaucracy alleging they are stonewalling results of a study started under the Obama administration looking into the effects of transgender therapy pharmaceuticals on youth.

Oversight Project president Mike Howell told Fox News Digital in a Wednesday interview that administering puberty blockers and other nascent drugs to teens is akin to ‘modern-day Tuskegee experiments’ and that the National Institutes of Health and the study’s proctor should not be allowed to keep their results secret.

In 2014, NIH awarded a grant to children’s hospitals that led to a study helmed by a Los Angeles pediatrician to discern the long-term effects of puberty blockers on pediatric transgender people, Howell explained, citing his organization’s lawsuit.

In 2024, Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., wrote to the Biden-led NIH questioning why ‘principal investigator’ Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy was ‘withholding publication’ of the $9.7 million study’s findings.

‘In light of the NIH grantee’s unwillingness to release the research project’s findings, we ask that you provide documents and information to assist the Committee’s oversight of this matter,’ McClain wrote, citing her role as chair of a House Oversight subcommittee.

One year later, Howell’s group sought the files through a public request in July, and sued this week, claiming officials ignored them. 

Both McClain, in her letter, and Howell, in his interview, raised concerns over Olson-Kennedy’s remarks about critics potentially weaponizing results from the NIH-funded study.

‘NIH is responsible for overseeing its extramural research projects to ensure supported researchers practice transparency, exemplify scientific integrity, and are proper stewards of taxpayer funds,’ McClain wrote to the Biden NIH.

Howell said he wants the NIH, under the Trump administration, to make the results public, citing troubling hints from Olson-Kennedy in a New York Times article that quoted her saying about one-quarter of participants reported some type of depression.

‘In light of the recent spate of transgender ideology-inspired violent extremism and domestic terrorism, Including some of the shootings at schools and churches and most recently, Charlie Kirk, the Oversight Project and I want to know what the government knows about the psychological conditions of this new and coveted population of transgender children who are now growing into adults,’ Howell said.

‘It seems to me, in light of recent disclosures, including the America First Legal v. FDA [suit] that the government was well aware that these types of therapies, surgeries and cultural celebration and praising of this class of people was dangerous and led to increases in suicide rates, depression and other psychological conditions which all too often are manifesting in violent tendencies.’

In 2024, America First Legal – founded by Trump confidant Stephen Miller – sued for the release of any FDA records on off-label uses for puberty blockers and ‘cross-sex hormones.’

Howell said there is public interest in the study’s publication because it may ‘map out’ why or whether the government has been aware of the ‘massive, growing problem’ but declined to publicize for ‘politically-correct reasons.’

While NIH declined comment to Fox News Digital citing ongoing litigation, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has been very critical of the types of drugs the Oversight Project is also concerned about.

Kennedy has called puberty blockers for minors ‘castration drugs,’ and suggested young people cannot be considered prescient enough to make such life-changing medical decisions.

‘Minors cannot drive, vote, join the army, get a tattoo, smoke, or drink, because we know that children do not fully understand the consequences of decisions with life-long ramifications,’ he wrote on social media.

‘The more I learn, the more troubled I have become about giving puberty blockers to youth,’ Kennedy said in May 2024.

As secretary, Kennedy urged doctors to reconsider child sex-change operations in a formal letter obtained by the Daily Caller in May.

‘HHS expects you promptly to make the necessary updates to your treatment protocols and training for care for children and adolescents with gender dysphoria to protect them from these harmful interventions,’ it read.

Neal Cornett, a lead attorney in the case, told Fox News Digital he would also like to see any internal NIH reports on the physiological effects of related drugs Lupron and Supprelin.

‘Imagine that you’re 14 years old – you take some kind of puberty blocker – you’re basically stunted, your bones aren’t growing, you have osteoporosis at the age of 15… that’s going to do a psychological number on you,’ Cornett said.

Howell said there is an absolute connection, if allegations bear out, between the Tuskegee Experiments of the mid-20th century on African Americans and studies testing out puberty blockers on 21st century children.

‘When I first read [of the study] – I was reminded of Tuskegee Experiments on African Americans [where the uniformed U.S. Public Health Service] gave them drugs… to test out treatments there; horrific events,’ he said.

Fox News Digital also reached out to the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, which was listed as the affiliate medical center for Olson-Kennedy. A number listed for Olson-Kennedy’s California practice was disconnected.

She told the Times in October 2024 she intended then to publish the data but blamed delays on funding cuts — a claim the NIH denied, the paper reported.

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President Donald Trump renewed his criticism against former President Joe Biden and his administration over the use of an autopen to sign off on important orders — including pardons — during Biden’s tenure in the White House. 

Trump has railed against Biden’s use of the autopen for months, claiming thousands of pardons Biden signed were void and that the former president did not know what documents he was signing through the automated device. 

‘It was illegally used. He never gave the orders,’ Trump told reporters Thursday during a trip to the U.K. ‘He never told them what to do. And I guess the only one he signed, or one of the few he signed, was the pardon for his son.’

A spokesperson for Biden did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. 

A White House official previously told Fox News Digital that Trump uses his hand signature for every legally operational or binding document. Even so, Trump has admitted that he uses an autopen for letters. 

Meanwhile, Biden’s chief of staff issued final approval for multiple high-profile preemptive pardons during Biden’s final days in office, the New York Times reported in July. 

Although Biden reportedly made the decision about the pardons in a meeting, Biden’s chief of staff Jeff Zients is the one who gave final approval for the use of the autopen — at least in the case of former chief medical advisor to the president, Anthony Fauci, and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, the Times reported. 

Even so, Biden told the Times that he made every clemency decision of his own accord. 

Meanwhile, Trump’s comments come as Zients is slated to appear before the House Oversight Committee Thursday for its probe into Biden’s mental acuity. Part of that investigation is also examining if the former president was fully cognizant of clemency orders and executive actions he signed using the autopen. 

Biden granted a total of 4,245 acts of clemency during his administration, 96% of which were granted during his final months in office between October 2024 and January 2025, according to the Pew Research Center. 

An autopen is a machine that physically holds a pen and follows programming to imitate a person’s signature.

Unlike a stamp or a digitized print of a signature, the autopen has the capability to hold various types of pens, from  a ballpoint to a permanent marker, according to descriptions of autopen machines for sale online. 

Fox News’ Liz Elkind contributed to this report. 

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